The ghosts of clipper ships and sea captains in East Dennis

Dan McCullough, whose column normally appears here, is not writing this week.By Martha R. LangAsa Shiverick began building small boats at Sesuit Harbor in East Dennis in 1815. From 1848 to 1863, Asa, his three sons, and 22 workmen built and launched the hulls of eight clipper ships just downstream from the original site. This shipyard was the only location on Cape Cod where clipper ships were built.A clipper ship was a three-masted, square- [...]